Former New York Giants and Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Luke Petitgout has been cleared of charges of shoving his wife out of a moving car. The Manhattan district attorney's office dropped the misdemeanor harassment case Tuesday, Nov. 26. Prosecutors told a judge it couldn't be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

Charlie Campbell, of PewterReport.com, reports Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden indicated the four-game suspension given to free-agent OT Luke Petitgout (Buccaneers) was not the reason the team released him. "We made the decision to do what we did, for the reasons we said we did. [General manager Bruce Allen] and the league office have that information. Again I think a lot of Luke Petitgout. I think he can come back and play, he just has to get right," Gruden said.

Charlie Campbell and Scott Reynolds, of PewterReport.com, report Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden said OT Luke Petitgout (knee) is rehabbing his knee injury but is not close to returning to practice. Gruden said there is a possibility Petitgout starts the season on the Physically Unable to Perform list.